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Offline perporius

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Ancient barbaric imitation of roman coin ?
« on: September 30, 2008, 01:34:25 pm »
Please help me ID this strange coin,

17 x 15 mm, 1.6 gr. - 'S'

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Re: Ancient barbaric imitation of roman coin ?
« Reply #1 on: September 30, 2008, 02:23:32 pm »
Is an imitation of a Roman semis, head of Saturn / prow.
Like these ones, but yours has Saturn facing left and is much more "barbarous":

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khingila

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Re: Ancient barbaric imitation of roman coin ?
« Reply #2 on: September 30, 2008, 03:43:17 pm »
Here is some further info which may be of help:

http://esty.ancients.info/imit/imitationrepAE.html
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Re: Ancient barbaric imitation of roman coin ?
« Reply #3 on: October 01, 2008, 01:43:26 pm »
Thanks so much...
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